The City's Backyard
The City's Backyard with Matt Zako. A Podcast For New York City's Backyard or any city's backyard across the world! Covering Arts, Entertainment, music and the community!
The City's Backyard
Latest Episodes
The City's Backyard Ep 228 Comedy with JOE PONTILLO & RICH SULTIS chat about the East Coast comedy scene and are both coming to WESTPORT, CT this month! Plus we chat about their other dates all over the area!
Tri state area Comics Rich Sultis along with resident Joe Pontillo have fun chatting it up on this episode talking about their love for comedy, the arts, and what to expect from their upcoming shows in the area and their show ...
The City's Backyard Ep 227 ELIOT LEWIS ( Hall & Oates, Live From Daryl's House, Average White Band) talks about being on the road with his American 2026 Tour and an upcoming local stop in Westport, CT plus life before and after Hall & Oates!
Eliot Lewis spent almost 20 years with Hall & Oates and is always a blast to chat with as one our favorite regular guests on the podcast...he was also on the TV show Live From Daryl's House playing with some of top artists in the music indu...
The City's Backyard Ep 226 John “Papa” Gros - a New Orleans pianist, organist singer-songwriter has a new cover of Levon Helm's Hurricane from his latest album GIANTS!
John “Papa” Gros (pronounced Grow) is a New Orleans pianist, organist and singer-songwriter whose career reflects the city itself—resilient, rhythmic, steeped in tradition, and always evolving. For more than thirty years, Gros has serv...
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The City's Backyard Ep 225 VANESSA COLLIER, renowned soulful blues saxophonist-vocalist-songwriter and winner of five prestigious Blues Music Awards, continues her year-long "Keep It Saxy" 2026 Tour!
Vanessa Collier is a multi-award-winning songwriter, master musician, and multi-instrumentalist, known for seamlessly weaving together funk, soul, rock, and blues styles through soulful vocals, searing saxophone solos, and witty songwriting ski...
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The City's Backyard Ep 224 "The craft beer movement" with Gregg Glaser from Modern Distillery Age , a trade publication covering the distilled spirits business in America!
This episode is all about BEER in the backyard! Ok that sounds good but more specifically it's really about the craft beer movement. If there is one guy who knows about beer it's Gregg Glaser from Modern Distillery Age. Gr...
